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Acupuncture to bring relief to patients with dry mouth

...n the study, Johnstone's team followed 75 patients undergoing acupuncture. Most had received radiation for head and neck cancers and had dry mouth that did not respond to treatment with the saliva-inducing compound pilocarpine. The researchers found that 70 percent of the patients improved with acupuncture, alt...

Chew to improve memory

...end to chew with nothing in their mouths. Prior to undergoing the 25-minute test, the two chewing groups spent three minutes working their real or imaginary gum around their mouths. The tests comprised questions relating to short-term memory, such as recalling words and pictures, and so-called working memory, f...

Heart Surgery Is Getting Safer for the Old

According to researchers, the risk of undergoing open heart surgery for patients in their mid-eighties and beyond seems to dropping, making the procedure safe and advisable for the elderly.// According to Dr. Todd Rosengart, an associate professor of surgery at Southeastern University ,open heart ...

Statins reduce risks for angioplasty patients

...r people with heart disease. we must tell patients undergoing angioplasty that we must start you on a statin."...

New viewpoint on Hypertension

...as, conducted a study covered over 30,000 patients undergoing dialysis for kidney disease. They measured pulse pressures and correlated this information with which patients died during the following year. High pulse pressure - rather than high blood pressure itself - turned out to be a risk factor for increas...

Epilepsy Drugs Can Enhance Risk of Birth Defects

...an and his colleagues studied 160 mothers who were undergoing treatment with various antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and who gave birth between 1977 and 2001. Dean says that previous research had also shown a relatively high risk of problems seen in children exposed to AEDs while in the womb. He adds, however, th...

HRT an accretion of cancer

Researchers from Sweden warn women undergoing hormone replacement therapy against the risk of uterus cancer.// Hormone Replacement Therapy is advised for women to reduce menopausal side effects like hot flushes and night sweats, and to protect them from osteoporosis and heart disease. Resear...

Chewing gum found to increase brainpower

...hewers, real chewers and "sham" chewers. Prior to undergoing the 20-minute test, the two chewing groups spent 3 minutes working their real or imaginary gum around their mouths. Scholey said the tests included questions relating to short-term memory, such as recalling words and pictures, and so-called working m...

Surgery beneficial in Meniere's disease

.... They asked 165 patients of average aged 50 years undergoing endolymphatic surgery about their quality of life following the procedure. The vast majority - 85 per cent - said their quality of life increased after the operation. This study should help guide those considering surgical treatment for Meniere's dis...

Decrease of 'Hunger Hormone' after Obesity Surgery

...ight loss. The finding may help explain why people undergoing surgery feel less hungry between meals, even though their intake of food has dropped dramatically. After surgery, the patients had lower levels of the hormone compared with both normal-weight people and obese people who lost weight by dieting. For e...

Resolving Autism

...lunteers. All underwent spatial memory tests while undergoing MRI scans of their brains. Results showed autistic subjects had significantly less activity in prefrontal brain areas when trying to complete the spatial tasks than the healthy volunteers. Researchers conclude abnormalities in this area of the brain...

Physiotherapy helps amputation

...dran, and more who are leading a normal life after undergoing amputation....

Severe stress weakens immunity

People undergoing oppressive stress have measurable anomalies in their immune system that make them more vulnerable to illness. It's widely believed that stress may impair health, although the underlying// mechanisms are not clear. Now researchers at Washington Univer...

Recognizing heart risk in dialysis patients

...University have surveyed a group of 1,050 patients undergoing dialysis. Over the period from 1994 to 1999, there were 260 cardiac-related events in the group - ranging from heart attack to leg amputation because of poor circulation. Blood analysis showed that high levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) and low leve...

Exercise with music aids with lung disorders

...tients. They studied two groups of twelve patients undergoing pulmonary rehabilitation for eight weeks. One group was given an audiocassette of country and western, pop, Motown and big band music to listen to as they walked, while the other did not listen to music. Over the eight week period, the music group ...

A Compilation of recent Diabetes Research articles

...-diabetic women. Diabetic women who were currently undergoing HRT showed significant difference in lipid and glucose control levels compared to the new HRT users. The following variables acted as the indicators: total cholesterol (225 vs. 241mg/dl), non-HDL (169 vs.188 mg/dl), APO (171 vs.147 mg/dl), fibrinogen...

Artificial discs available as replacements for damaged discs

...e patients are mobile right away contrary to those undergoing fusion surgery, who have their motion restricted for up to a year. The other major benefit that the artificial disc appears to offer is that motion remains at the disc, which does not put additional stress on adjacent discs. In fusion surgery, in th...

Oxygen helps heal wounds

...e were no complications. Another four healed after undergoing surgery to repair the wound, while eleven others did not heal, and three patients died during the study. The researchers concluded that advantages of topical oxygen include convenience for the patients to receive treatment at home and minimal risks ...

Protein in diabetic neuropathy treatment

...patient with neuropathy has a 15 percent chance of undergoing one or more amputations. It has been found that more than half of all patients with diabetes will develop// neuropathy. A study by researchers at the University of California at San Diego shows that proteins that are essential for normal nervous sys...

Lifestyle linked to prostate cancer risk

...s index, engaging in regular physical activity and undergoing screening for prostate cancer can help stop disease progression. In a six-year study of 1,117 patients with localised prostate cancer, researchers from the University of Texas looked at prostate specific antigen levels, the aggressiveness of the canc...

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